Simple solution for preventing battery tray deployment (6s)

[olds97_lss]

Did you drill out the hole first? @Jimbobjr mentioned to do that first. I used my caliper to measure the shaft of the t-nut, and went a hair larger.

Yeah, I did. I could push the center bit into the hole with my thumb, but the 4 spikes wouldn't embed very well without heat.

 

[BashingBrian]

Strange...?

Did you make sure the spike bits were only going through the thin part of the tray, not hitting a thick part or something...??

 

[Badtouch The basher]

I did just what everyone else did used a longer screw to make the pilot hole, and then held the T nut with plyers and screw baby screw till the teeth in the t nut in bedded themselves into the tray and then replaced longer screw with the original 5mm and a drop of blue threadlock ??

 

[olds97_lss]

Strange...?

Did you make sure the spike bits were only going through the thin part of the tray, not hitting a think part or something...??

Maybe it was partly because I was putting the screws/nuts on with the tray completely off the truck. Not sure. Either way, the soldering iron made short work of it.

 

[Mongoose]

Wow @Jimbobjr this is genius. Thank you.

 

[Jimbobjr]

Thanks @Mongoose, mine are still holding up well.

 

[pa_fullsend]

Thank you for this idea!! Ordering my t nuts now !

 

[Spikeyboy]

 

[Jimbobjr]

Thanks for making the video and shout out.

 

[BashingBrian]

Thanks for making the video and shout out.

@Jimbobjr .. Your famous now.. ?

 

[Spikeyboy]

Thanks for making the video and shout out.

have to pass on credit ??

 

[SrC]

Its fool proof durable. Nice instructable video.
Thanks @bicketybam, for showing me this mod in person last year.